The Wee Free MenALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men. Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself. . . . The five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are:
Tiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum. And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, winner of the Carnegie Medal! |
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... Granny Aching had called them once , and it was so rare that she ever said anything at all , let alone anything that didn't have to do with sheep , that Tiffany had remembered it . Besides , it was exactly right . That's what the ...
... Aching since Granny had died two years ago , calling him the finest shepherd in these hills , and was generally held by the people in the village to be not too bad these days . It paid to be respectful , said Tiffany's mother , and the ...
... Granny Aching's Library by her mother, who liked the idea of having a library. Everyone else called it Granny's Shelf. It was a small shelf, since the books were wedged between a jar of crystallized ginger and the china shepherdess that ...
... Granny Aching . And she could do magic , sheep magic , and she talked to animals and there was nothing wicked about her . That proved you couldn't believe the stories . And there had been the other old woman , the one who everyone said ...
... Granny Aching— " Who was Granny Aching ? " said a voice . Who was Granny Aching ? People would start asking that now . And the answer was : What Granny Aching was , was there . She was always there . It seemed that the lives of all the ...
Contents
Hunt the | |
The Wee Free | |
The Green | |
First Sight and Second Thoughts | |
Land of Winter | |
Master Stroke | |
Awakening | |
Land Under Wave | |
Authors Note | |
Back | |